PSX SCVI Gameplay Preview Analysis

PSX has revealed the first gameplay of SCVI in motion. I broke down the most notable changes on my twitch stream and I will link the archive below. I will list the changes me and my stream caught. Feel free to post what you have seen below! Here is the raw footage without me talking over it.

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SOULCALIBUR VI - Gameplay Preview | PS4

Spoiler: My live analysis

https://www.twitch.tv/videos/208138433

Known system mechanics and character changes:

• Reversal Edge and Guard Impact will cause the user to take guard damage when they fail to connect it.

• Reversal Edge post hit causes a guessing game where verticals beat horizontals, horizontals beat sidestep, and sidestep beats verticals. You can potentially receive a ringout when it connects. It also automatically parries strings, but some moves have fast enough recovery to where you can block the automatic attack.

• Soul Charge (the mechanic similar to V-trigger) causes the opponent to receive chip damage. It costs 1 bar of meter and is set on a timer that's similar to max mode from KoF. Large push back on activation.

• Lethal Hits are hits that cause the character's clothing to break. When you hit them, the move properties change into combo starters. You can see Mitsurugi's 1A as well as Sophitia's 22B do this in the footage.

• Guts is still in the game as well as meter. You still gain a bar of meter for losing two rounds.

• Movement can be cancelled like in games pre-SCV. Run counter for backwards movement has been removed, but remains for side movement. (Hey guys, it looks like the mechanic might be that backdash can be run countered. It seems that verticals cant run counter in general. Only horizontals and tracking kicks.)

• Throws still can catch side movement.

• Mitsurugi has gained a running tackle that resembles an Arthur move from SC3. He has a new low mid option. 1aB has a new animation and 4KB causes severe knock back on hit. MST KB is NCC and his MST B+K causes an attack throw on normal hit. MST B string has a new follow up that resembles his 4B without the backdash.

That's all of the new information I could find in the video. Let me know if you find other things!

Changes found by 8wayrun:

• No damage on throw escape. They can also build meter.

• Meterless Guard Impact.

• Sophitia 1AA doesn't trip on first hit.
  
  
• Mitsurugi 1A doesn't trip on normal hit. Relic is in the game again.

 

Anyone notice at 3:54 Mitsurugi's 3B cleanly breaks Sophitia's B ? Both are verticals, but when the swords clash Sophitia is sent into a guard break animation (no damage taken however)

In SC2 there used to be a general rule of verticals cleaning beating horizontals on the same impact frames, but I cannot decipher what I just saw.

Prior to this gameplay trailer I thought that Reversal Edge might’ve been tied into weapon clashes. That turned out not to be the case, but clashes do seem to have been changed. It’s always been a weird and inconsistent system, and I hope they’ve finally overhauled it and made it more consistent and predictable.

 

The timer stops for a while after the Soul Charge is active.

Timer Active

Spoiler

Timer Inactive After Soul Charge

Spoiler

 

I just noticed that there are two different camera angles depending on how close the characters are to each other. When they're close up it's just the normal sideways view, but if they're further away it'll shift a little into an almost over-the-shoulder view, sort of like the dynamic camera arcade mode in SCV.

 

The timer stops when reverse edge is activated. The timer HUD changes colour and continues after Mitsu does the counter attack.

 

The gawd is back?!?!?!

Haha what up Big Juan!!! The hype over the new game brought me back. I saw that Party Wolf has all this stuff from the new game already figured out. While we're over on Facebook just speculating what all this stuff is lol. Im hype about the new game but still realizing that I'll never be able to play any fighting game the same. Not with the same intensity I did as a no child having, no relationship having, part time job having bachelor. But I'm gonna at least try to be competitive enough to be an effective gate keeper. Plus this game will give me an excuse to travel like I used to.

Great One it's funny, I was just looking at old pictures the other day and once again saw the photos from Devastation 2011. The one where we were outside the hotel chillin and all these chicks were walking back from that paint party that was going on down the street. So I started taking pictures of you with all these random ass white chicks from Arizona. Fun times!

Where are you at these days?